Example sentences of "[be] [conj] they [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Estimates of the effect of the few Concordes currently in operation are that they have a negligible impact on the ozone layer . |
| 2 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability . |
| 3 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability and they can be objective . |
| 4 | The strengths that these people show are that they have an ability to combine a sense of concern , with a sense of order and purpose . |
| 5 | The advantages of films , video-tapes and MEDIATRON programmes are that they allow the careful preparation of material which is recorded and so can be used many times . |
| 6 | Until quite recently the outstanding problem with many recordings of music before 1600 has been that they reveal the lack of tradition behind their vocal and instrumental practice and therefore suffer from an inevitable slide towards solipsism . |
| 7 | ‘ For the railway monopolies , it has always been that they wanted the data network modernised . |
| 8 | Old-fashioned they may have been but they proved a point , which today 's deregulated TV stations would do well to heed , that what the public actually want to see is characterization , plot , and relationships . |
| 9 | You do n't think it 'll be once they put the money |
| 10 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 11 | My reading of these figures would be that they reflect a surging interest and are not quite as unpopular as you would indicate . |
| 12 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 13 | It might be that they lead the opinions of a group of three people , ten people or thirty , but those opinion-makers are the key . |
| 14 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 15 | Assuming that all the materials you have are equally suitable for your students , the main distinguishing feature of the video materials is likely to be that they provide the most realistic examples of the language in use . |
| 16 | Whilst it is conceivable that some of these jobs will be craft based and thus provide an outlet for some initiative and self activism , the significant reality will be that they have no economic power and no industrial muscle . |
| 17 | When archaic figures of this type first became known they were called ‘ Apollo ’ , and it may be that they have an early association with his worship , but certainly not all can represent him and the non-committal ‘ kouros ’ is preferable . |
| 18 | It can of course be no more than speculation to consider whether this total concern with instalment size makes people less likely to keep up conscientiously with the payments than they would be if they had a clear idea of their total commitment . |
| 19 | Or rather they would be if they had a side of slightly more than average demeanour . |
| 20 | That can not just be because they have a lot of flotations and rights issues to work on . |
| 21 | They represent enemy ships sunk by torpedoes , and the crossed guns on the left means they 've been in a surface action — that 'd be when they got the German destroyer — and the dagger below is a special operation . ’ |
| 22 | They are more or less in the position that teachers will be when they receive the published item . |
| 23 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 24 | It just shows you how pushy the educated classes can be when they smell an advantage . ’ |
| 25 | Has my right honourable friend had an opportunity to see the report from three I s , investors in industry , in which they have surveyed five hundred of the companies in which they invest and the confidence factor of those businesses is higher now than it 's ever been since they started the surveys in nineteen eighty eight . |
| 26 | The importance of these stored finds is that they form a research collection available for study by archaeologists and others , and some are used for travelling and temporary exhibitions , and in teaching collections on loan to schools . |
| 27 | Their specific significance is that they form a crucial element in what has been called the ‘ self-production ’ of modern societies . |
| 28 | The disadvantage is that they require a transformer to step down the voltage , which either means fairly expensive fittings ( incorporating the transformer so they can replace existing fittings ) , or expensive wiring from a central transformer to the light fittings — low voltage means high current , so the wires have to be much bigger than normal lighting wiring . |
| 29 | A weakness of many low-cost colour inkjets is that they use the colour cartridge to produce black by applying 100 per cent cyan , magenta and yellow . |
| 30 | Where they do differ is that they know a great deal less about the properties of social and psychological phenomena than do the natural sciences about the properties of the natural world . |